CROFT, John (d. 1674), of Lower Swell and Gotherington, Bishop’s Cleeve, Glos.

Family and Education

m. by 1 Apr. 1652 Ann, da. of Sir William Leigh of Longborough, Glos., wid. of Robert Waterworth, s.p.Shakespeare Birthplace Trust RO, DR18/8/21; Vis. Glos. 1682-3 ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 113-4. bur. 18 July 1674.Bishop’s Cleeve bishops’ transcripts.

Offices Held

Military: capt. militia, Glos. by 1653–60.SP25/77, pp. 869, 892; Original Letters ed. Nickolls, 125–6; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 504.

Local: j.p. Glos. 5 Mar. 1653–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 253; Original Letters ed. Nickolls, 125–6. Commr. assessment, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan.1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); CJ vii. 355b. securing peace of commonwealth by Dec. 1655;TSP iv. 354. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 375. militia, 26 July 1659.A. and O.

Civic: common cllr. Tewkesbury c.1655-Aug. 1662.J. Bennett, Hist. Tewkesbury (Tewkesbury, 1830), 421n.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656;A. and O. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658.CJ vii. 578a.

Parlimentarian

CROFT, John (d. 1674), of Lower Swell and Gotherington, Bishop’s Cleeve, Glos.

: Bishop’s Cleeve, Glos.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

CROFT, John (d. 1674), of Lower Swell and Gotherington, Bishop’s Cleeve, Glos.

Will

8 July 1674, pr. 21 Jan. 1675.PROB11/347/67.

Estates

at d. held freehold lands in Lower Swell, and lease from William Craven, 1st earl of Craven of Gotherington manor house and 317 acres, on an annual rent of £150.Oxon. RO, Chap/IX/ii/1; Glos. RO, D/184/T62.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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